R&B
News: Mariah the Scientist announces debut Australian headline tour
Mariah the Scientist has announced her first Australian headline tour, bringing the Hearts Sold Separately run to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in May 2026.
EP Review: Sydney-raised, Tokyo-based artist Joey Sachi unveils the luminescent and silky tones of EP ‘Rise’.
Sydney-raised, Tokyo-based artist Joey Sachi has caught our attention with a series of mesmerising singles released over the last few years, including honouring us with the premiere of her debut single ‘Fractured’ back in 2023. She has now collected two of these singles in an EP entitled ‘Rise’ with additional unheard material, and, continuing to …
News: Jalen Ngonda Announces Australian Tour with WILSN for March 2026
Modern soul standout Jalen Ngonda returns to Australia in March 2026 for headline shows and festival slots, joined by Australian soul singer WILSN performing tracks from her new album Bloom.
Album Review: Reginald Omas Mamode IV – ‘Rivière’ Noire’: Forward-thinking lo-fi funk and hip hop with a bold, direct message.
Dalliance or daring, ‘Rivière’ Noire’ the fourth album from singer, producer and beats aficionado Reginald Omas Mamode IV is, whichever way you look at it, a bit of a leap. This Anglo-Mauritian musician has since 2012 been at the forefront of the UK soul jazz, groove scene, lauded by Giles Peterson, loved by Mojo, The …
Premiere: Chris Casey taps Khary for updated version of ‘Cow Killers’
Back in January, Savannah-based Chris Casey released a genre-smashing look at feeling out of place as a Black man in Georgia, with one foot in R&B flows and the other firmly in alt-rock territory. It’s a head-turner, and this new version of ‘Cow Killers’ is arguably even better, with a little bit of extra spice …
Album Review: Arjuna Oakes – ‘While I’m Distracted’: a lush, sophisticated contemporary pop soundscape, rich in soul-jazz understanding.
Even if you’ve picked up on any of singer-songwriter/pianist Arjuna Oakes’s previous offerings, it’s unlikely you would have predicted the scale and ambition of his debut album ‘While I’m Distracted’. Not that the New Zealander’s earlier EP’s lacked flare or impact. His first release ‘The Watcher’ from 2019 stirred things around with its exquisite blend …
Album Review: Arjuna Oakes – ‘While I’m Distracted’: a lush, sophisticated contemporary pop soundscape rich in soul-jazz understanding
Even if you’ve picked up on any of singer-songwriter/pianist Arjuna Oakes’s previous offerings, it’s unlikely you would have predicted the scale and ambition of his debut album ‘While I’m Distracted’. Not that the New Zealander’s earlier EP’s lacked flare or impact. His first release ‘The Watcher’ from 2019 stirred things around with its exquisite blend …
Premiere: Fielded wants what they’re owed on sumptuous new song ‘Lost Youth’
Do you know your worth? Lindsay Powell is more sure of theirs than they’ve arguably ever been, and they want the world to know. As Fielded, the Brooklyn-based artist has carved out an idiosyncratic and compelling career, making a name for themselves and picking up some stellar co-signs along the way; billy woods was one …
Live Review: Dua Saleh – The Pink Room, YES, Manchester. 15.03.25
Dua Saleh fires up The Pink Room in Manchester
Album Review: Dora Morelenbaum – ‘Pique’: a dynamic new MPB voice which really delivers.
Anyone who caught Bala Desejo’s set-of-the-day at WOMAD UK in the summer would’ve already noted the dynamic Dora Morelenbaum flying in the front line of this exuberant nu-tropicalia band. A vocalist, instrumentalist and composer she’s been at the epicentre of the surge of MPB powering out from Rio in the last few years, not only …